Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

85. Farming

In just three days, a high wall was built, enclosing a thousand acres of land. Apart from a gate on each of the four sides, the high wall was so high that ordinary people could not climb it without a ladder.

They built a high wall around the land and started farming, planting 500 mu of sweet potatoes and 500 mu of potatoes.

Put the whole sweet potato in, cut the potatoes into slices, coat them with straw ash, sprinkle with dry manure, and then dig a pit to bury them.

The number of plants, row spacing, and pit depth are all strictly in accordance with uniform standards.

To encourage everyone's enthusiasm and initiative in their work, the team leader said that this time the grain would be distributed according to each household, but in the future, the grain would be distributed according to the number of work points earned.

So everyone who could be mobilized was mobilized.

Qi Zhengyang and Du Mei were no exception. They had done little farm work before, but after experiencing hunger this time, they actively participated in the labor.

If you don't work, you won't have food to eat; if you don't have food, you'll starve to death. Even children understand this simple truth, let alone those who have personally experienced the feeling of almost starving to death.

Du Mei had her brother-in-law's children participate in collective labor. For example, the three boys, the second, third, and fourth, were 15, 13, and 11 years old respectively, while the two girls, aged nine and seven, stayed at home to do housework and make new clothes.

Su Jinru was wearing those tattered clothes, a straw hat, and a mask. If she didn't speak, no one could recognize her.

However, she was the only one wearing a mask, so gradually everyone got used to her outfit and could tell it was her at a glance.

Nearly a year into the famine, everyone was emaciated and skin and bones, but she remained stylish and elegant, with a rosy complexion and white teeth. Even if she wore makeup, it would eventually be revealed after a while, when the sun came out and she started sweating.

Therefore, Su Jinru could only cover her body with old, loose clothes, cover her face with a mask, and cover her forehead with her bangs.

Her reason was that she had a skin allergy; her skin would become red and swollen after being exposed to the sun. She believed it was due to a long-term lack of nutrition, which weakened her immune system and made her more prone to allergies.

This explanation is understandable to everyone. Everyone who experienced this famine suffered from some kind of physical ailment, the most common being stomach problems, anemia, and skin diseases.

As the technical advisor, Su Jinru first explained and demonstrated to everyone, and then accompanied several village cadres to wander around and inspect, providing guidance.

Seeing how relaxed Su Jinru was, Du Mei felt resentful.

"Why should she not do any work and just stand there pointing and gesturing?"

"I heard she's a technical advisor for scientific farming," someone nearby explained.

"Technical guidance? Wasn't she supposed to be illiterate? How did she become a technical guide for scientific farming?"

“They attended literacy classes, can read, and even went to the county town to learn how to farm scientifically from the people at the county agricultural technology station.”

"Yes, County Chief Zhang personally took her to the county town to learn, and then personally approved her to be our technical advisor for this farming project."

Du Mei: "Why does County Chief Zhang value her so much? Why send so many educated people to learn instead of someone who has never been to school, and then she comes back and becomes a technical instructor?"

At this moment, Captain Sanbao and Su Jinru walked over.

"Work hard, don't just chat and not do anything. Teacher Qi, make sure the sweet potatoes are compacted. Du Mei, bend down a bit when you spread the manure, don't spill it outside the pit."

Sanbao then ran to the side and shouted, "Dig this hole a little deeper, yes, yes, just like that, don't be lazy, put in more effort."

Sanbao called out as he walked, with Su Jinru following behind him. The two of them soon walked away.

Qi Zhengyang looked up at Su Jinru in the distance, Du Mei's words from earlier still swirling in his mind.

Why does County Chief Zhang value Su Jinru so much?

In his previous life, Zhang Jingui was just a small village cadre, and later only a village head. In this life, however, he rose to the position of deputy county head in an instant, as if riding a rocket.

The reason he was able to rise so quickly is that he was able to buy a lot of grain at a fair price. Why was he able to buy so much grain?

I heard that he also got the grain distributed this time.

And these seeds.

Qi Zhengyang suspected that Zhang Jingui was also a reincarnated person, otherwise how could he have such great abilities? In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person, but Qi Zhengyang had no evidence to prove that Zhang Jingui was a reincarnated person.

Regardless, their lives seem to be on a winning streak.

As for why he values ​​Su Jinru so much, Jin Gui had proposed to Su Jinru before she got married, so he must have always had her in his heart!

Thinking of this, Qi Zhengyang felt a pang of jealousy; he was actually jealous of how good Zhang Jingui was to Su Jinru.

What's so great about Su Jinru? She's just a woman he didn't like and abandoned, Qi Zhengyang comforted himself in this way.

When people from other production teams heard that the Third Production Team had built a wall around its fields and planted crops inside, they all ran over to see it out of curiosity.

If we have seeds to grow food, then we'll have food to eat, right?

However, the collective canteen of the third production team was not seen cooking.

When asked if they had received any grain, the members of the third production team all denied it.

However, according to their observations, smoke was billowing from the chimneys of the members' homes in the third production team at mealtimes. They guessed that Zhang Jingui must have bought them grain again.

"Why is it that only the people in the third production team have food this time, and we don't?"

"Because County Chief Zhang himself is from the Third Production Team, and his wife and children are with the Third Production Team!"

“When he was the captain of the third production team, it was understandable that he only cared about his team. But now he is the county magistrate of the entire county. He can't just care about the third production team, can he?”

"Maybe there wasn't much grain? When he was the township head, didn't the whole township, including Xiaoben Village, have grain? That time, the whole township had seeds, but it failed."

"I heard that this time we are planting a newly developed high-yield, early-maturing grain that can be harvested in just two months."

"So, in two months, we'll have food to eat?"

"But can we survive until two months from now?"

"Who knows!"

In order to plant the grain as quickly as possible, the village cadres of the third production team urged everyone to work overtime. What used to take seven or eight days to complete was finished in five days.

After planting the seeds, we began to carry water to irrigate them.

The militia, armed with live ammunition, guard the area day and night.

This time the security is tighter than last time; not only is there a wall surrounding the area, but there are also guards on all four sides outside the wall.

I heard that County Chief Zhang has already issued a warning: if anyone dares to climb over the wall and sneak in to steal grain, they will be shot.

In this situation, there won't be any more panic buying. After all, the walls are so high that most people can't climb them, let alone people who are so hungry they're trembling when they walk.

With such strict defenses, they wouldn't dare touch it even if they starved to death.